DUMMERSTON — DUMMERSTON - At the May 11 regular Selectboard meeting, the Board voted to accept the Planning Commission's recommendation to hire Kathleen Hathaway as the new Zoning Administrator.
Charlotte Neer Annis, who served as Zoning Administrator for seven years, resigned after her election as Treasurer at Town Meeting in March.
State officials have launched a criminal probe of the Brattleboro Retreat in the wake of Medicare fraud allegations raised repeatedly by a former employee. The investigation - first reported by the Associated Press - was confirmed by Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell on Aug. 25. And documents show that at least some of the state's concerns arose from the complaints of whistleblower Thomas Joseph, who has alleged millions of dollars of malfeasance at the psychiatric hospital. “The investigation will be...
Brattleboro, like much of the United States, is all too often putting the subjective feelings of the individual ahead of the rights and health of the community. I have generally voted Democrat my entire adult life. However, in recent times, a frightening portion of the left has become so extreme that it is at times on parity with the extremist right. I find the extreme right such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump to be abhorrent. Their bigotry, lies,
Next Stage Arts Project presents two drive-in theater concerts by the Vermont Jazz Center Sextet on Friday, July 3, with two showings, at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., respectively, in the Basketville parking lot on Route 5. Cars will be socially distanced, leaving a vacant space between cars for lawn-chair seating (bring your own chairs). Rain date for the concerts is Sunday, July 5. The Vermont Jazz Center Sextet is the VJC's community outreach ensemble. The group has developed programs that...
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